An Intelligent Approach for Machine Downtime Prediction Using Ensembled Machine Learning Models
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In industrial settings, unplanned machine downtime is a serious risk to profitability, operational effectiveness, and production. In order to predict machine breakdowns before they occur, this research offers a machine learning-based predictive maintenance framework that enables early prediction of machine downtime. The research is carried out using recorded data sets of industrial machines that operate according to various factors or reasons for downtime. Based on these values, prediction of downtime is possible. To guarantee data quality and consistency, several preprocessing techniques, such as imputation and normalization, were used on a dataset of 2,500 records and 16 features, ranging from hydraulic pressure and temperature to spindle vibration and torque. A variety of machine learning models, such as Random Forest, Support Vector Machines (SVM), LightGBM, XGBoost, and Gradient Boosting, were created and assessed. Although models such as SVM performed at a relatively moderate level, LightGBM and Gradient Boosting performed better than others in terms of prediction performance, with test accuracies surpassing 97%. The efficiency of machine learning in shifting from reactive to proactive maintenance is demonstrated by this work. Real-time data integration, the use of deep learning techniques, and cloud or edge platform deployment for wider industrial applicability are some future approaches to the early prediction of machine downtime.
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TY - JOUR AU - Arya, Suraj AU - Deepak AU - Ujjawal, Krishna Kumar PY - 2026 DA - 2026/04/09 TI - An Intelligent Approach for Machine Downtime Prediction Using Ensembled Machine Learning Models JO - ICCK Transactions on Machine Intelligence T2 - ICCK Transactions on Machine Intelligence JF - ICCK Transactions on Machine Intelligence VL - 2 IS - 3 SP - 161 EP - 171 DO - 10.62762/TMI.2025.597909 UR - https://www.icck.org/article/abs/TMI.2025.597909 KW - machine downtime KW - machine learning KW - ensembled model KW - machine downtime predictor AB - In industrial settings, unplanned machine downtime is a serious risk to profitability, operational effectiveness, and production. In order to predict machine breakdowns before they occur, this research offers a machine learning-based predictive maintenance framework that enables early prediction of machine downtime. The research is carried out using recorded data sets of industrial machines that operate according to various factors or reasons for downtime. Based on these values, prediction of downtime is possible. To guarantee data quality and consistency, several preprocessing techniques, such as imputation and normalization, were used on a dataset of 2,500 records and 16 features, ranging from hydraulic pressure and temperature to spindle vibration and torque. A variety of machine learning models, such as Random Forest, Support Vector Machines (SVM), LightGBM, XGBoost, and Gradient Boosting, were created and assessed. Although models such as SVM performed at a relatively moderate level, LightGBM and Gradient Boosting performed better than others in terms of prediction performance, with test accuracies surpassing 97%. The efficiency of machine learning in shifting from reactive to proactive maintenance is demonstrated by this work. Real-time data integration, the use of deep learning techniques, and cloud or edge platform deployment for wider industrial applicability are some future approaches to the early prediction of machine downtime. SN - 3068-7403 PB - Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge LA - English ER -
@article{Arya2026An,
author = {Suraj Arya and Deepak and Krishna Kumar Ujjawal},
title = {An Intelligent Approach for Machine Downtime Prediction Using Ensembled Machine Learning Models},
journal = {ICCK Transactions on Machine Intelligence},
year = {2026},
volume = {2},
number = {3},
pages = {161-171},
doi = {10.62762/TMI.2025.597909},
url = {https://www.icck.org/article/abs/TMI.2025.597909},
abstract = {In industrial settings, unplanned machine downtime is a serious risk to profitability, operational effectiveness, and production. In order to predict machine breakdowns before they occur, this research offers a machine learning-based predictive maintenance framework that enables early prediction of machine downtime. The research is carried out using recorded data sets of industrial machines that operate according to various factors or reasons for downtime. Based on these values, prediction of downtime is possible. To guarantee data quality and consistency, several preprocessing techniques, such as imputation and normalization, were used on a dataset of 2,500 records and 16 features, ranging from hydraulic pressure and temperature to spindle vibration and torque. A variety of machine learning models, such as Random Forest, Support Vector Machines (SVM), LightGBM, XGBoost, and Gradient Boosting, were created and assessed. Although models such as SVM performed at a relatively moderate level, LightGBM and Gradient Boosting performed better than others in terms of prediction performance, with test accuracies surpassing 97\%. The efficiency of machine learning in shifting from reactive to proactive maintenance is demonstrated by this work. Real-time data integration, the use of deep learning techniques, and cloud or edge platform deployment for wider industrial applicability are some future approaches to the early prediction of machine downtime.},
keywords = {machine downtime, machine learning, ensembled model, machine downtime predictor},
issn = {3068-7403},
publisher = {Institute of Central Computation and Knowledge}
}
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